It's a busy week at the box office this week, with four wide releases
joined by two limited-release films -- making it anybody's guess as to which
will take the box office crown. Find out where you can catch each in this
week's movie listings, a survey of all the films expected to play full
engagements in New Orleans and Baton Rouge starting Friday (July 19), including
where they will play. Click
here for showtimes. For full reviews, visit Nola.com
| The Times-Picayune's A-to-Z online movie review archive.
All movies are rated on a five-star scale: 5 = superior, 4 = above average, 3 =
good, 2 = fair, 1 = poor.

Girl Most Likely (PG-13) Canal Place, Elmwood Palace, Baton Rouge 16. After being unable to follow through on once being declared the next
big thing, a failed New York playwright (Kristen Wiig) must suck it up and do
the once-unthinkable: move back in with her Jersey family. 1 hour 43 minutes.

The Way, Way Back (PG-13) Canal Place, Elmwood Palace. During an otherwise lame summer vacation with his mother and her
overbearing boyfriend (Steve Carell), a 14-year-old boy strikes up a covert
friendship with the manager of the Water Wizz water park (Sam Rockwell), in a
coming-of-age dramatic comedy marking the directorial debut of "Descendants"
screenwriters Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. 1
hour 44 minutes.

The Kings of Summer(4 stars; R) Chalmette
Movies. Three teenage friends decide to spend the
summer building a house in the woods and living off the land. What seemed like
a good idea, however, soon becomes a lesson in the importance of family.
Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts' indie drama was one of the hits of January's
Sundance Film Festival. 1 hour 33
minutes.

This Is the End (3 stars;
R) Canal Place, Elmwood Palace, Slidell
Grand. Seth Rogen and longtime writing partner Evan Goldberg make their
directorial debut with this very R-rated comedy. Shot in New Orleans last year,
it stars Rogen and several of his real-life celebrity friends -- including James
Franco, Jonah Hill and Craig Robinson (all playing versions of themselves) -- who are trapped in Franco's house as the end of the world unravels outside. 1 hour 47 minutes.